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Probiodrug raises EUR 8.2 million in successful private placement of new shares
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Probiodrug raises EUR 8.2 million from investors in successful private placement of new shares
- Capital increase of its share capital by issuing 4,093,367 new shares at a purchase price of EUR 2 per new share
- Consortium of strategic investors led by Claus Christiansen, founder and chairman of Nordic Bioscience invests EUR 6.2 million
HALLE (SAALE), Germany, 9 April 2019 – Probiodrug AG (Euronext Amsterdam: PBD, ISIN: DE0007921835, the “Company”) announced that its management board with the consent of the supervisory board resolved today to increase its share capital from EUR 8,208,009 by EUR 4,093,367 to EUR 12,301,376 by issuing 4,093,367 new shares (“New Shares”) against cash contributions, representing 50% of its existing share capital. The New Shares will be issued from the Company’s authorized capital, where the pre-emptive rights of the Company’s existing shareholders are excluded in accordance with the articles of association of the Company.
The Company sold the New Shares to selected investors in a private placement at a purchase price of EUR 2 per New Share. 3.1 million New Shares were sold to a consortium of investors led by Mr. Claus Christiansen founder and chairman of the board of Nordic Bioscience, Denmark (“Investor Consortium”). The Investor Consortium has a strategic interest in the Company and intends to support the Company’s further development on a long-term basis.
Additional 750,000 New Shares were sold to other investors. The remaining New Shares 243,367 New Shares were subscribed by and sold to certain members of the executive board and supervisory board to support the implementation of the transaction.
1,641,601 New Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam based on an exemption to publish a securities prospectus and delivered to the investors with settlement expected to take place on April 15, 2019. The remaining 2,451,766 non-admitted New Shares will be delivered to the Investor Consortium that has declared to accept also non-admitted New Shares underlining its intended long-term engagement. The Company intends to have also the non-admitted New Shares admitted to trading on the basis of a securities prospectus in due course expected to be published in the third quarter 2019.
The Company will use the proceeds from the private placement to prepare and partially to implement the European Phase 2b clinical study to investigate the safety and efficacy of the optimal dose range of Probiodrug’s lead product candidate PQ912 in early AD patients.
ODDO SEYDLER BANK AG acted as Capital Markets Advisor, KAS Bank N.V. acted as Settlement Agent.
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Probiodrug
Dr. Ulrich Dauer, CEO
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Notes to Editors:
About Probiodrug AG
Headquartered in Halle (Saale), Germany, Probiodrug AG (Euronext Amsterdam: PBD) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new therapeutic products for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Probiodrug has identified a new therapeutic concept linked to disease initiation and progression. The development approaches are targeting a key neuro-/synaptotoxic component of the pathology, pyroglutamate-Abeta (pGlu-Abeta) as a therapeutic strategy. Its lead product, PQ912, has successfully completed a Phase 2a (SAPHIR) study. The company’s pipeline also includes PBD-C06, an anti-pGlu-Abeta-specific monoclonal antibody, in preclinical development. Probiodrug has medical use and composition of matter patents related to the inhibition of QC and anti-pGlu-Abeta-specific monoclonal antibodies, and has, in the Company’s view, a leading position in this field of research. www.probiodrug.de
About PQ912
PQ912, is a first in class, highly specific and potent inhibitor of Glutaminyl Cyclase (QC), the enzyme catalyzing the formation of synaptotoxic pGlu-Abeta. PQ912 has shown therapeutic effects in AD animal models. A Phase-1 study in healthy young and elderly volunteers revealed a dose dependent exposure and showed good safety and tolerability up to the highest dose resulting in >90% target occupancy in the spinal fluid. In June 2017, Probiodrug announced top-line data of the Phase-2a SAPHIR trial of PQ912 and presented the study results at CTAD 2017. Results strongly support (a) the hypothesis of pGlu-Abeta being synaptotoxic and (b) the therapeutic concept pursued by Probiodrug. The study provides important guidance how to move forward with the development of PQ912 as a disease-modifying drug for AD. Altogether, the results make the program highly attractive for further development; the company has initiated the preparation of a Phase 2b core program.
About Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disorder, which is the most common form of dementia. Today, 50 million people live with dementia worldwide, and this number is projected to treble to more than 152 million by 2050. Dementia also has a huge economic impact. Alzheimer’s has an estimated, global societal cost of US$ 1 trillion, and it will become 2 trillion dollar disease by 2030. (World Alzheimer Report 2018).
Forward Looking Statements
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